Car-replacer.



JPP. CUTBUBTH. CAB REPLACER. 7 APPLICATION min Aue,s. {91s.

1,246,062. Patented Nov. 13;-1917.

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l. P. CUTBURTH.

CAR RVEPLAGEH.

APPLICATION man was. me.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT on non.

1 amnesia cnrnnnrn, or PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

To all whom itmay concern:

Beit knownthat I, J AMES 1?; CIITBURTH, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg,. in thecounty'of Crawford; and State of"Kansasnhavei invented certain; new and useful Improvements rinGar-Beplaoers; of which :the-followjngdsa speciiication v 7 Thisinvention contemplates annimproved car replacerand hasas its primary object to providea device ofthischaracter employing complemental l frogs;for eificiently directing the 'wheelsoffa canback onto: the railsgan-d:wherein the said. frog-s1; will, be reversible with respectuto therails; for. receiying; the car wheels.- o I f V The invention :has as a:further object, to provide a; construction; wherein Y the: said frogswillact to :eiieotually prevent thecar wheels from-ridingclears-overthe'rails to become again; displaced; or from slipping back to derailedposition: after: having climbed-the frogsi.

And a still fulzther. object of the i1rvention issto providea device-0tthis character whereinsthe'frogs may beeasily transported from place to.place and: arranged vin position upon the rails;

Other, and=incidental objects will appear asthe description proceeds,and in the;dra;W ings wherein Ihave illustrated the preferred embodimentof the invention and wherein similar referencecharacters,designate.corre spending parts-throughout the several viewsFigure l is a planview showing the t es of the present. inventionvasapplied to. the rails 0t azconventionaltype of railw ayi track, Fig.12; is an, endv elevation with theirails shown in section 1andlmoremarticularly illus; trating theflanges andrilisacarried by thefr0gs,r a r l Fig;f3.is aperspectiveview of oneof the frogs l 3 Fig...Lis aisimilar view of the. oth i g,

Eig.;5: is sectional view' more particle larly showingithef detailed;construction of In carrying; out the ,invention, complementalfrogs A;and B are employed The frog includes ai body- 1Q 1 preferably hollowed:QHtVtO I'QdU-Qe the w gh lofx he said hog; Uponjits lpper; face,the'body 10 is formed withafleet-11,slopillfiilffim apoint substanti llymidway the'end the ro toward oppositeaextrem ies th reo a d; alsosloping, as inartierg arly; scent in Eig, 3 5 otthe Specification ofLetters Patent. P w e Application med-au ust s, 1916. Seria1-N .11 -13,-766,s

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drawings; toward theinnen sideedg-reof the; sold, fliog. Upon; its 7outer side, the bodygld 1s: formedi with anupstanding rib 12pm vided,-upon its in11er,jface, ,with shoulderdlii sloplng towardopposite endsofthe frogs Upon its; inner side, thebody 10 is formed with ahook 14adapted toengage. over a. rail and for convenience, therails O and Dsofaf conventional typeoi railway track havebeen illnstratedtin the:-drawiislgs.1 It will now be ohseryedthat the hook 14-. is; formed toen 7,

gageoverthegrail Qwith thetbody' ofthe frog-disposed nponthe outer side,of the lrail and -resting upon the ties. of the track.- Preferably,the; frog body, 1 as well as, the hook-M thereof is providedywith aplurality ofdownwardlyextendingspurs orflugs as best seen in 3,ottheidrawings, for firmly; holding the frog; fixed with respect. to;the-rail.-w Eo med t e 0 f t e frog,- at the extremities thereof, areupstand a ing XS/118,61: engagingfi anges or shoulders 15. 'llhese;shoulders slope upwardly and in}. wardly upon thegfloor llas bestseen inFig, l of thetdrawingswith the outer extremities of he said houlders:term t g ediately at; the inner extremity of the hook 14 of the frog, Attheir inner; extremities, the shouldersalfi merge into; the floor- 1,1and as will now be ohsgermd, the said'floor; between the innerends of;the shoulders 15. slopes con? tinuously fromltherib 12 toward the innerside off thefrog, over the hook 14. GonnQGted ;to the outerlside of thebody v10 is a handle -1 6Wwhieh may be used in carrying' the frog fromplace to place.

The frog Bincludesa body-17, which,as

in ithe instance of; the fron A} ishollowed out to lightenthe frog; Thebody 17 5' is formed with; a floor l8 slopingirom a' pointfsiibestantiallyl midway. the endsiofthe' body to ward opposite extremitiesthereof with the intermediate, portion of the said floor; also slopingtoward. the, innerlside of the frog The -frog B is arranged inwardly.of, the rail D andupon the innerside thereof is formedwithiannpstandingrib 19 provided upon its in ra e withyh e n g ulder 20sloping toward opposite extremities ofjthe frog. ln this connection, itWill'bfi, obseryed. thatthe inclination of the shouldersflo of the frogB conforms to the inclination of the; shoulders: ,13.of. the frog. A,correspond;-

ine; sherlder i bei v a ap ed 0 t. ith

ea h o hert flwi ibe prese tly not n ed utpen it ien sid t ebsli Q he-egB is formed with a hook 21 adapted to engage over the rail D with thebody of the frog seating upon the ties of the track. The frog body, asin the instance of the frogA is, as more particularly seen in Fig. t ofthe drawings, provided with a plurality "posed for engagement with thetrack ties for holding the frog fixed with respect to the rail.Extending upwardly from the hook 21 of the frog is a wheel engaging stopshoulder or flange 2 2. This shoulder slopes, as more particularly seenin Fig. 5 of the drawings, from its upper extremity inwardly toward thefloor 18 of the frog and is also curved or sloped longitudinally topresent a convex inner face. Connected to one side of the frog is ahandle 23. At a point opposite the junction of the shoulders 20 of therib 19 of the frog, the inner face of the flange 22 extends over thebight portion of the hook 21 while, at the extremities of the shoulder,the inner face thereof slopes outwardly away from and terminates uponthe outer side of the bight portion of the hook to provide ampleclearance for the wheels of a car moving to engage with the rail D.

A pair of my improved frogs, as thus described, is arranged upon therails of the track as shown in Fig. l of the drawings and since thefloors of the said frogs slope toward opposite extremities thereof, thefrogs may be reversed with respect to the rails for receiving the wheelsof a car advanced toward the frogs in either direction. Assuming a pairof wheels of a car to be I derailed as illustrated in dotted lines inFig. 1 of the drawings, the said wheels upon being advanced upwardlyover the floors of the said frogs will be gradually lifted above theplane of the rails. At the same time, the lateral sloping faces of thefrog floors will tend to shift the wheels inwardly toward the rails.However, it will be observed, in this connection that as the wheels areadvanced toward the summits of the floors of the frogs, thecorresponding inwardly sloping shoulders 13 and 20 of the frogs A and Brespectively will engage the car wheels for directing the car wheelslaterally upon the frogs toward the rails. Since the floors of the frogsmidway their ends are provided with a relatively steep lateral inclination, the car wheels will, upon being engaged by the said shoulders, beeffectually directed laterally toward the rails with the adjacent carwheel abutting the shoulder 22 of the frog B.

The particular function in the formation of the shoulder 22 is now tobecome apparent. It will be noted that the pair of car wheels will not,under ordinary circum; stances, be moved to abut with this shoulderuntil about the time the said wheels have reached the summits of thefrogssince, it

downwardly extending lugs or spurs disis at such points upon the frogsthat the floors thereof are the most steep laterally. Since the shoulder22 curves inwardly over the tread of the rail D or over the bightportion 'of the hook of the said frog midway the ends of the shoulder orat the summit of the frog B, the shoulder 22 will contact withtheinnermost car wheel to limit the lateral shifting movement of thesaid wheels with the flange of the innermost wheel disposed immediatelyover the inner edge of the tread of the rail D while the flange of theoutermost wheel will be disposed immediately over the inner edge of therail C. In this position of the car wheels, it is, therefore, simplynecessary to move the said wheels forwardly overthe frogs onto therails. Consequently, the shoulder; 22 upon itsinner face is, aspreviously described, curved laterally and outwardly away from the bightportion of the hook of the frog to provide ample clearance for theinnermost wheel when moved forwardly onto the rail B while the hook letof the frog B slopes laterally and inwardly to act upon the wheel ridingover the said frog to guide the said pair of car wheels as the wheelsare advanced, onto the rails and prevent the wheels from becoming againdisplaced to their original position. Y a

In this connection, particular attention is directed to the presence ofthe shoulders or flanges 15 upon the frog A. It will be noted that theseshoulders are so arranged that when the innermost wheel strikes theflange 22 of the frog B, the outermost wheel will be arranged at theinner side of the said shoulders. Consequently, as the car wheels areadvanced forwardly upon the frogs, the shoulder or flange 15 at thefurther end of the frog from the said wheels, will be arranged to engagethe flange of the outermost car wheel for positively directing thewheels back onto the rails and overcoming any possibility of the carwheels becoming again displaced. The inner faces of the said shouldersslope gradually inward in the direction of the railsand are inclinedsubstantially in accordance with the inclination of the extremities ofthe shoulder 22 so that the flange of a car wheel engaging either of theshoulders 15 will be gradually directed by the said shoulder to guidethe outermost wheel over the rail C as the innermost wheel rides aroundthe longitudinally curved inner face of the flange 22 of the frog B.Consequently, the car wheels will beeffeotually moved to seat upon therails without jars or jerks while at the same time, the said wheelscannot shift clear over the rails or cannot shift to their originaldisplaced position with re spect to the rails. I, therefore, provide anexceedingly eflicient type of car replac er while at the same time, thefrogs may be i 1 easily transported from place to place and arranged inactive position upon the rails of a track as occasion may demand.

'Having thus described my invention, what I-claim and desire to secureby LetltersPatent is:

I 1. A car replacer including complemental frogs having rail engaginghooks and eachprovided with a floor sloping toward opposite extremitiesthereof with-the floors inclined at the summits of the frogs toward theinner sides of the said frogs, coacting wheelflange engaging shoulderssloping inwardly over the said frogs at the outer sides thereof, alongitudinally curvedwheel stop shoulder carried by one of said frogswith Y the intermediate portion of said shoulder extending over thebight portion of the hook of the frog, andwheel flange engagingshoulders carried by the extremities of the other of oppositeextremities thereof with the said floors inclined toward the inner sidesof the said frogs and with the lateral inclination of the floor of oneofsaid frogs extending over the hook thereof, a wheel stop shouldercurving inwardly over the hook of the other of'said frogs, and coactingwheel flange engaging shoulders sloping inwardly over the floors of thesaid frogs toward the summits thereof.

3. A car jreplacer "including complemental frogs having rail engaginghooks and each provided with a floor sloping toward oppositeextremities-thereof with the said floors inclined toward the inner sidesof,

the said frogs, wheel flange engagin" shoulders arranged attheextremities 0 one of said frogs to slope longitudinally away from thehook of the said frog with the outer ends of the said shouldersterminat-.

ing at the inner extremity of the bight portion of the said hook, and awheel stop shoulder carried by the inner side of the copies of thispatent may be obtained for other of said frogs with the said shouldervcurving longitudinally fromits extremities at points upon the outerside of the bight portion of the hook of the frog inwardly 7 over thesaid bight portion. v A. A car replacer including complemeiital frogshaving 'rail engaging hooks and each provided'with a floorslopingtowarol" v opposite extremities thereof, upstanding coact-ingwheel engaging shoulders carried by the outer sides of the frogs withthe I shoulders, of each' frog sloping inwardly over the floor thereoftoward the summit of the frog, wheel flange engaging shoulders carriedby one of said frogs at the extremi 7' ties thereof and slopinglongitudinally-sandf laterally toward the outer' side of thefrog withthe floor of the frog inclined inwardly over the hook of the frogbetween the inner- 5 extremities of said flange-engaging 'shoulders, anda wheel stop shoulder carried by the inner side ofthe otherof said frogsand I curved longitudinally over the bight portion I of the hook of thesaid frog with the ex tremities of thesaidshoulder substantiallyconforming to the inclination of the said flange engaging shoulders ofthe said first mentioned frog;

5..A, car replacer including a frog prof- V vided with a rail engaginghook and having afloor sloping toward opposite extremities of thefrog,'a wheel engaging shoulder atl'he outer side of the frog slopinginwardly over the floor of the frog, and wheel engaging s shouldersupstanding from the floor of the frog at the extremities of said hookand-are. V

ranged with their outer ends terminating" at the ends of the frog and atthe inner side of the bight of the hook with the said. shoulders slopingoutwardly upon the frog floor toward said first-mentioned shoulders andaway fromthehook, the floor of the frog sloping smoothly at itssummitlat'er ally toward the inner side of the frog between theinnerextremities of the 1 said shoulders overthe said hook. r

In testimony whereof I alfixmy signature.

JAMES P. GUTBURTH. [L. s'.]

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

